An Uber driver sits in his car near the San Francisco International Airport. AP

From the right: Why Hillary Hates Uber

You’d think “sharing” programs like Uber and Lyft would “make people of virtually all political stripes feel warm and fuzzy.” But Hillary Clinton, like Bernie Sanders, doesn’t approve of the “gig economy.” Why?

According to the Manhattan Institute’s Jared Meyer, writing in Reason, it’s because unions, “facing declining membership, especially among young workers . . . have seized on the sharing economy as just another example of evil capitalists exploiting helpless workers.” And the sad fact is that “many Democratic federal politicians beholden to Big Labor blame sharing economy companies for America’s tepid recovery from the Great Recession of 2007–2009.”

Economist: Scott Walker’s Reforms Worked

No one is neutral when it comes to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s dramatic labor-reform moves that were “a major shock to the public system’s infrastructure — including the school system — that was built on unionized labor,” notes Conner Dwinell. But as he writes on Economics21.org, a new study from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty shows that removing collective-bargaining rights didn’t result in any of the widely predicted economic damage. “Teachers have not deserted their profession,” he writes, “changes in teacher experience and race have been minuscule,” while salaries “relative to surrounding states were essentially unaffected.”

Culture shock: Obama’s ‘Radical Librarian’

Republicans are apparently eager to confirm President Obama’s choice to head the Library of Congress, Carla Hayden, hailed by The Nation as a “radical librarian” who supports unrestricted library access to pornography, reports Hans von Spakovsky at PJ Media. She has no background as a scholar, though the position traditionally has been filled by top-flight scholars. So what are her qualifications? As the president said: “She would be the first woman and the first African-American to hold the position.”
Hypocrisy watch: Trump No, but Sharpton Yes?

Several major corporations that have canceled their planned co-sponsorships of the Republican National Convention — scared off, apparently, by Donald Trump — have no problem forking over cash to Al Sharpton’s National Action Network. Jillian Kay Melchior reports on HeatSt.com that those companies include TimeWarner, UPS and Ford, while Coca-Cola is scaling back its convention support. Two others, Google and Walmart, are considering dropping out. But all six have lavished big bucks on Sharpton for years, even though, “like Trump, Sharpton has courted much controversy over the years, much of which involves race, religion and sexuality.”

By the numbers: Jeb’s Solution for Higher Ed

House Speaker Paul Ryan’s higher-education reform proposal is good, argues Max Eden in US News, but there’s an even better one already on the table — the plan Jeb Bush put forward during his presidential campaign that would “fundamentally restructure the economics of American higher education.” Indeed, says Eden, “It ought to be the gold standard by which all other proposals are judged.” Bush would repeal the data ban on the expected value of college diplomas, “enabling states to create databases tracking post-college earnings, unemployment rates and debt-repayment rates.” And he would replace federal student-loan guarantees with a credit line of up to $50,000. Then, “for every $10,000 they borrow, students would repay 1 percent of their income for 25 years.”